Important Dates
2010 Events
February
Feb. 8-11 – Annual HD Therapeutics Conference – Palm Springs, CA www.highqfoundation.org
Feb. 17 – 16th Annual Parkinson’s Action Network Research & Public Policy Forum www.parkinsonsaction.org
Feb. 22-23 - Headache on the Hill National Advocacy Event www.americanheadachesociety.org
Feb. 23 - Don’t Ignore A Headache! Free public education program – New York, NY www.headaches.org.
Feb. 28 - World Rare Disease Day www.rarediseases.org
March
Essential Tremor Awareness Month www.essentialtremor.org
March 1-3 - National MS Society’s Public Policy Conference – Washington, DC www.msassociation.org
March 4-6 – American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics Annual Meeting – Bethesda, MD www.asent.org
March 4-7 – Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Conference – Baltimore, MD www.adaa.org
March 6-11 – North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting – Tucson, AZ www.nanosweb.org
March 12-14 - The National Ataxia Foundation's 53rd Annual Membership Meeting - Chicago, IL www.ataxia.org
March 15-21 - Brain Awareness Week
March 17 – Brain Injury Awareness Day – Washington, DC
March 21-25 – The 6th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation – Vienna, Austria www.asnr.com
March 25 - SfN’s Capitol Hill Day www.sfn.org
April
Autism Awareness Month www.autismspeaks.org
April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day www.autismspeaks.org
April 10-17 - AAN Annual Meeting – Toronto www.aan.com
April 11-17 - Stop Brain Disorders Week (Toronto)
April 12 – American Brain Coalition Spring Membership Meeting – Toronto 9am-12pm www.americanbraincoatition.org
April 15-18 – American Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Medical-Scientific Conference – San Francisco, CA www.asam.org
April 15-18 – Tourette Syndrome Association National Conference – Alexandria, VA www.tsa-usa.org
April 24 - NHF Hosts the 24th Annual National Headache Foundation Benefit Fund Raiser – New York, NY www.headaches.org.
April 29-May 2 – Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance Annual Meeting www.dbsalliance.org
May
Sturge-Weber Foundation’s Month of Awareness www.sturge-weber.org
May 2-8 - Brain Tumor Action Week www.childhoodbraintumor.org
May 4-5 - Dystonia Advocacy Coalition www.dystonia-foundation.org
May 18 - Nord Annual Gala – Washington, DC www.rarediseases.org
May 20-22 – Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA www.sobp.org
May 20-23 - International Meeting for Autism Research www.autism-insar.org
June
National Aphasia Awareness Month www.aphasia.org
June 2-5 – Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Conference – San Antonio, TX www.mscare.org
June 6-12 - National Headache Awareness Week www.headaches.org
June 13-17 – 14th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders – Buenos Aires, Argentina www.movementdisorders.org
June 17-20 – 11th National Conference on Hydrocephalus – www.hydroassoc.org
June 25-27 – Huntington’s Disease Society of America Annual Convention – Raleigh, NC www.hdsa.org
June 30-July 3 – National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Convention – Washington, DC www.nami.org
August
August 12-15 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention – San Diego, CA www.apa.org
September
Sept. 12-15 – American Neurological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA www.aneuroa.org
Sept. 25 - 11th Annual International Ataxia Awareness Day www.ataxia.org
Sept. 28-Oct. 1 - 2nd World Parkinson Congress – Glasgow, Scotland www.worldpdcongress.org
October
Oct. 6-8 – 7th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias – Indianapolis, IN www.ftd-picks.org
Oct. 13-16 – Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting – Rhode Island – www.childneurologysociety.org
Oct. 26-31 – American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting New York, NY www.aacap.org
November
Epilepsy Month – www.aesnet.org
Nov. 13-17 - SfN Annual Meeting – San Diego, CA www.sfn.org/am2010
December
Dec. 3-6 – American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting – Los Angeles, CA www.aaap.org
Dec. 3-7 – American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX www.aes.org
Dec. 4 – American Brain Coalition Fall Membership Meeting Miami Beach, FL 1-3pm
www.americanbraincoalition.org
Dec. 5-9 - ACNP Annual Meeting Miami Beach, FL www.acnp.org
